PUNTA GORDA — A local man who admitted to sexually abusing young family members more than a decade ago is heading to prison.

Darrin Duane Hysell, 33, of Punta Gorda, pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Charlotte County Justice Center before 20th Judicial Circuit Judge Amy Hawthorne to two counts of lewd or lascivious conduct by a person 18 years old or older — a second-degree felony — and he will spend eight years in prison, less time served.

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